Top ruling party leader in Bangladesh arrested for running illegal casinos
A senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling party was arrested on Sunday for allegedly running illegal casinos here, amid allegations of corruption against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led government.
The Rapid Action Battalion or RAB arrested Jubo League Dhaka South unit's President Ismail Hossain Samrat and his associate Enamul Hoque Arman, BD News reported.
Jubo League is the youth wing of the ruling Bangladesh Awami League.
Samrat went into hiding after being suspected of running illegal casinos. On September 24, police issued a travel ban against him.
The two accused were apprehended in Cumilla's Chauddagram Upazila in the early hours of Sunday, Home Minister Assaduzzaman Khan said.
Samrat went underground once information linking leaders of the Awami League's youth front with the illegal gambling business surfaced.
Soon after his arrest, the youth wing of the ruling party expelled him for anti-social activities and breaching party discipline.
Gambling is illegal in the conservative ..